Revision: 02/01/2007

1960....."Banfe's Aloha Week Round-the-World Promotional Flight"

From: 10/15/60 To: 10/23/60 (Honolulu to Honolulu, HI) Miles Flown: Duration Time: 8 1/2 Days Plane Type: Bay Super V Twin engine Bonanza Plane Name: Pilot Name: Charles "Chuck" F. Banfe Comments: RTW flight as a statehood promotion during Hawaii's Aloha Week celebration.

1960....."Qantas Inaugurates Round-the-World Jet Air Service"

From: 11/16/60 To: 11/23/60 (Australia to Australia) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Boeing 707-138 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments:

1961....."Air France Inaugurates Round-the-World Jet Air Service"

From: 01/12/61 To: 01/14/61 (Paris to Paris, France) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Boeing 707 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments:

1961....."Max Conrad Record Setting Round-the-World Flight (#1)"

From: 02/27/61 To: 03/08/61 (Miami to Miami FL) Miles Flown: Flying Time: 160H 34M in 8D 18H 35M 57S Plane Type: Twin Engine Piper Aztec Plane Name: New Frontiers (N 4445P) Pilot Name: Max Conrad w/Richard Jennings, observer Comments: Flying west Conrad made 13 stops in his round-the-world flight.

1961....."Air France & TAI make a "Tour du Monde"

From: 05/01/61 To: 05/03/61 (Paris to Paris, France) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Douglas DC-8-33 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments:

1962....."John Glenn Orbits the Earth & Goes Round-the-World"

From: 02/20/62 To: 02/20/62 (Kennedy Space Center to Kennedy Space Center, FL) Miles Flown: Duration Time: 4H 55M 23S Plane Type: Mercury-Atlas Capsule Plane Name: Friendship 7 Pilot Name: John H. Glenn Comments: Glenn made three orbits of the earth.

1962....."100,000th Transatlantic Pan Am Flight, Then Round-the-World"

From: 07/02/62 To: 07/xx/62 (New York to New York, NY) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Boeing 707 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments: New York to Frankfurt, Flight #2 continuing round-the-world.

1962....."Gunther Balz Round-the-World Air Tour"

From: 10/17/62 To: 07/01/63 (Kalamazoo to Kalamazoo MI) Miles Flown: 48,000 miles Flying Time: 265D Plane Type: Beechcraft D-50 Twin Bonanza Plane Name: N4371D Pilot Names: Gunther Balz & wife, Alice, co-pilot Comments: Couple made a leisurely RTW air tour.

1962....."El Al Makes a Round-the-World Jet Flight"

From: 11/07/62 To: 01/31/63 (Israel to Isreal) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Boeing 707 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments:

1963....."Boeing 727 Global World Tour Round-the-World"

From: 08/25/63 To: 11/03/63 (Seatle to Seatle, WA) Miles Flown: 76,000 miles Flying Time: Plane Type: Boeing 727 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments: Boeing takes its 727 round-the-world on an introductory sales tour.

1964....."First Woman to Fly Solo Round-the-World at the Equator" (TO #1676)

From: 03/17/64 To: 05/12/64 (Oakland to Oakland CA) Miles Flown: 27,750 miles Flying Time: 170H in 56D Plane Type: Twin Engine Piper Apache Plane Name: City of Long Beach (N3251P) Pilot Name: Joan Merriam Smith Comments: A record setting flight east round-the-world.

1964....."First Woman to Fly Solo Round-the-World" (TO #1675)

From: 03/19/64 To: 04/17/64 (Columbus to Columbus OH) Miles Flown: 29,103 miles Duration Time: 29D 11H 59M 38S Plane Type: Cessna 180 Plane Name: Spirit of Columbus (N1538C) Pilot Name: Geraldine "Jerrie" L. Mock Comments: A record-setting flight east round-the-world.

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